Jay Fitter MFT, author of Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide to Effective Parenting, spoke to Lon Woodbury, the host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens on L.A. Talk Radio, about the 5 essential issues to discuss with your teen and tween.
As an Independent Educational Consultant, Lon Woodbury has worked with families and their struggling adolescents since 1984. He has founded Struggling Teens, Inc. and publishes Woodbury Reports.
A Brief Bio On Jay Fritter
A Marriage and Family Therapist, Jay Fitter has more than 20 years experience as a therapist and workshop leader for parents. His latest book, called Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide to Effective Parenting, is a guide to parents who find it difficult to talk to their children in an effective way. It suggests that parents talk and listen to their children without a sense of obligation or resentment, just with love.
What Are the 5 Essential Issues To Discuss With Your Teen And Tween?
High School was almost a microcosm of society as a whole, explained Jay. Consequently, parents simply could not afford to be oblivious about what was happening with their children, especially since their child's peers could affect career or life choices. One way to stay on track would be to engage children in discussions on their interests in fashion, schoolwork, dating trends, peer groups, and parental rules and expectations. Children, Jay cautioned, could be quite volatile, even reacting to something like cyberbullying or the end of a relationship with suicidal ideation.
Jay suggested that parents had to be open to expressing their concerns when they saw that their children were revealing dangerous clues. Parents who had learned how to develop rapport with their children could help them out during a crisis. Waiting for a crisis to blow up before talking things over with them was often too late.
The most successful parents were those who were patient with their child's behavior, who showed consistent caring, and who set clear boundaries. Clear boundaries were set through discipline. Punishment, on the other hand, was reactive behavior, occasions when parents vented their frustration.
Jay also covered themes like how parents could cope with issues related to dating breakups, combating peer pressure, and communicating rules and expectations in a consistent and realistic way. Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide to Effective Parenting outlines the steps parents can take to develop rapport with their children and help them through the trials and tribulations of their tween and teen years.
As an Independent Educational Consultant, Lon Woodbury has worked with families and their struggling adolescents since 1984. He has founded Struggling Teens, Inc. and publishes Woodbury Reports.
A Brief Bio On Jay Fritter
A Marriage and Family Therapist, Jay Fitter has more than 20 years experience as a therapist and workshop leader for parents. His latest book, called Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide to Effective Parenting, is a guide to parents who find it difficult to talk to their children in an effective way. It suggests that parents talk and listen to their children without a sense of obligation or resentment, just with love.
What Are the 5 Essential Issues To Discuss With Your Teen And Tween?
High School was almost a microcosm of society as a whole, explained Jay. Consequently, parents simply could not afford to be oblivious about what was happening with their children, especially since their child's peers could affect career or life choices. One way to stay on track would be to engage children in discussions on their interests in fashion, schoolwork, dating trends, peer groups, and parental rules and expectations. Children, Jay cautioned, could be quite volatile, even reacting to something like cyberbullying or the end of a relationship with suicidal ideation.
Jay suggested that parents had to be open to expressing their concerns when they saw that their children were revealing dangerous clues. Parents who had learned how to develop rapport with their children could help them out during a crisis. Waiting for a crisis to blow up before talking things over with them was often too late.
The most successful parents were those who were patient with their child's behavior, who showed consistent caring, and who set clear boundaries. Clear boundaries were set through discipline. Punishment, on the other hand, was reactive behavior, occasions when parents vented their frustration.
Jay also covered themes like how parents could cope with issues related to dating breakups, combating peer pressure, and communicating rules and expectations in a consistent and realistic way. Respect Your Children: A Practical Guide to Effective Parenting outlines the steps parents can take to develop rapport with their children and help them through the trials and tribulations of their tween and teen years.
About the Author:
Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to at their convenience.
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